PMI Registered Consultant Program - Shameless Exploitation?
Anonymous
PMI is now selling a new program to consultants. For $1500 a year (every year), PMI will put you on a list and let you, and as they describe it, "use the exclusive PMI Registered Consultant logo to enhance your marketing efforts." Also, PMI will be creating an online directory which will be promoted through PMI account managers, publications, chapters, and events. I can just envision consultants paying the fee for fear of being left off the list and competitively disadvantaged. Are consultants asking for a PMI logo? Are customers asking PMI for a list? Does this sound like shameless exploitation and abuse of a trusted position as a non-profit standards organization or what? What do you think? Saving Changes...
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Alan CaseySenior Project Manager| Ford Motor Credit CompanyDewitt, Mi, United States
My opinion . . .
I think the line between valuable service and shameless explointation is not well defined. For someone who offeres PM consulting for a living, $1,500 / yr is not that much. FOr someone starting out, it can be a barrier to entry.
If the program takes off and adds value by providing a list of serious players - I think that is adding value and providing service to the profession.
Perhaps PMI can come up with a tier for start ups that is less costly and communicates a consultant with less experience and history.
In general - I think this is OK and not shameless exploitation.
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Anonymous
Hmn. Got to hand it to PMI. This is a no-brainer. Charge consultants $1500 a year to get a logo, be on a list, and get preferential treatment over those not on the list. No one is forcing anyone to sign up, so I wouldn't call it exploitation and the more money PMI can rake in, the more they can promote the profession of project management. Perhaps if you think of PMI less as a non-profit standards organizations (as you put it) and more as a business, then their efforts to grow the profession, increase and add value to the membership, and make a little money along the way to pay the bills will seem less exploitative to you. Saving Changes...
Anonymous
So what is a “registered consultant” anyway? I was not aware of this $1500 service the first poster describes, and maybe I don’t have all the facts, but simply paying an individual or group for a title seems wrong, maybe even unethical. Doesn’t mean it’s not done, and yes, the PM industry may ultimately benefit if those proceeds help to fund PMI’s charter. But, if I were a client needing a consultant, I might be initially impressed that an applicant is a “PMI registered consultant” until I discovered that the “certification” was purchased. Is there at least a requirement, that to participate, an applicant has to have a PMP or other certification? Saving Changes...
Anonymous
Technically, the PMI Registered Consultant Program is a registration not a certification. You can view PMI website for more information on this program. Here is a link to the website page for the program. http://www.pmi.org/Business-Solutions/Regi...nt-Program.aspx
Other than being in the business, there are no real requirements to be a registered consulting organisation in terms of a formal certification or even assessment or testimonial of capabilities. At $1500 per year, I suspect that the main benefactor are PMI itself. Perhaps someone from PMI might weigh in on this topic..! Saving Changes...
